Amenities include 3 miles of nature trail, a marina, picnic pavilions, bathhouses, a park concession and a beach.

Revenue from park concessions last year was $36 million, a 20 percent increase from 1996 and a 51 percent increase over the last four years.

Mr. Brill responded that it was healthier to take his tour than to eat at park concessions, which he said serve junk food.

It's still a store today, a park concession, with many of its vintage fittings intact.

In the end, the residents and city officials who intervened on their behalf failed to win the park concession from the developer, the LeFrak organization.

The rest would build on money the Clinton administration had planned to spend or redirect fees collected from park concessions.

Hummel continued to operate Drakesbad as a park concession after Roy finally cut his ties with the ranch in 1958.

Crucial to the effort is how Secretary Lujan implements his stated purpose of increasing competition in park concessions.

All involved agree that the park concessions should remain in American hands.

Such privileges have reduced competion for park concessions.